Research Article
Screening for Depressive Symptoms among Patients Attending Specialist Medical Outpatient Clinics in a Tertiary Hospital in Southern Nigeria
Table 2
Clinical characteristics of 200 study participants.
| | Variable | Value |
| | Weight (Kg) Mean ± SD | 71.91±15.7 | | Height (m) Mean ± SD | 1.63±0.06 | | BMI (Kg/m2) Mean ± SD | 27.15±5.38 | | BMI category | | | Underweight n (%) | 1 (0.5) | | Normal weight n (%) | 77 (38.5) | | Overweight n (%) | 62 (31.0) | | Obese n (%) | 60 (30.0) | | Systolic BP (mmHg) Mean ± SD | 130±21.60 | | Diastolic BP (mmHg) Mean ± SD | 80±12.79 | | PHQ9 Mean ± SD | 6.02±4.14 | | Depression status | | | Depressed n (%) | 119 (59.5) | | Level of depression | | | Normal n (%) | 81 (40.5) | | PHQ9 5-9 Minimal symptoms n (%) | 86 (43.0) | | PHQ9 10-14 Mild n (%) | 22 (11.0) | | PHQ9 15-19 Moderately severe n (%) | 10 (5.0) | | PHQ9 ≥20 Severe depression n (%) | 1 (0.5) |
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